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A Murder is Announced

By Agatha Christie.  Adapted by Leslie Darbon

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The story begins with an unusual advertisement in the local newspaper of

Chipping Cleghorn. This announces that a murder is to take place at Little

Paddocks, the home of Letitia Blacklock, at 6:30 pm on Friday 13th. The

announcement is met with a mix of disbelief and curiosity by the residents.  

Could it be a game, a hoax, a threat?  A party gathers at the house at the 

time specified to witness the event.

 

As the clock strikes 6:30, the lights go out, and an intruder bursts into

the room, firing a gun. When the lights are turned back on there is a body 

on the floor.  

 

Join Miss Marple in unravelling the tangled web which reveals itself through

humour, drama and excitement.

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​​ROBINSON CRUSOE

BY BOB HEATHER AND ROGER LAMB

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JANUARY 2025

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In the busy 18th Century port of Portsmouth, Robinson Crusoe

(son of Olivia Crusoe – landlady of a dockside inn) and his sweetheart,

Polly Perkins, find a bottle containing a treasure map. Robinson believes

he can win Polly’s hand if he succeeds in finding the treasure.

The pair of them, together with Squire Perkins, Olivia and Robinson’s

brother, Billy, arrange to travel to the desert island where the treasure

is hidden. They engage Captain Hand to command their ship – little

knowing that he is, in fact, a pirate, and has designs on the treasure himself.

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Will the intrepid treasure seekers survive aboard Captain Hand’s ship or

will they come to a watery end? Who will be the first to discover the treasure

on a desert island inhabited by cannibals? Will Robinson Crusoe ever return

to Portsmouth – with the treasure – and Polly’s hand in marriage? Or will they

all end up in the cooking pot?

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Come along and cheer Robinson Crusoe and his Pompey friends as they take to the high seas in our wonderful, traditional family pantomime!

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